The New York Yankees’ Chase Headley got drilled in the groin by an 88-mph pitch from Minnesota Twins reliever Dillon Gee during the fifth inning on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.
Here it is in video and gif form:
Chase Headley just got his (uhh, yeah) destroyed and Kay & O’Neill are shook. #Yankees pic.twitter.com/Tzq4Y1PtII
— cole (@_coIe) September 20, 2017
New meaning for base on balls pic.twitter.com/sLAaaZIc7i
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) September 20, 2017
That’s certainly a painful way to earn a free base, especially if you’re not wearing a cup. And given that Headley was the designated hitter in this game, there’s a very good chance he wasn’t wearing a cup. He may have told himself that the odds of this sort of thing happening as a hitter-only were tiny, and it’s not worth dealing with the annoyance of a cup. And if so, he’s definitely regretting that decision now.
Oh, and someone has already put this highlight together with Enya music, because the internet is an interesting place:
https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/910337712779137024
